The 2025–26

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

() will be the 86th season of

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's annual knock-out cup football competition. MOL will be the sponsor of the tournament, thus the sponsored name is MOL Magyar Kupa. The winners will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

Competition format

The Magyar Kupa is played as a knockout tournament. All rounds are played as one-off matches. The final is traditionally held in the

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. A significant change to this year's competition by the

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is that the final will take place on a weekend. The competition consists of eighth proper rounds. All rounds are single-match elimination rounds. When tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes will be played, then penalties are to be taken if still necessary. All rounds will be drawn randomly, usually either at the completion of the previous round discounting any replays or on the evening of the last televised game of a round being played, depending on television broadcasting rights. Another change is to this year's competition, that the automatic right of lower-class teams to choose their home team among the

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will be abolished, so in the new competition, a draw will decide the identity of the home team at this stage. The Round of 64 will continue to take place in accordance with the spirit of the cup, with the lower-class teams choosing their home team.

Calendar

Source:

Matches

Times up to 25 October 2025 and from 30 March 2025 are CEST (

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). Times from 26 October 2025 to 28 March 2026 are

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First round

Participating teams: *2 teams from

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(place 15th and 16th), *2 teams: losing teams of the

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matches held between the 1st placed teams of the 4 groups of the 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság III, *46 teams: 2nd–16th placed teams of the 4 groups of the 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság III (excluding the second teams of the clubs participating in the

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), *94 teams: 2024–25 Megyei Bajnokság I teams that have qualified from the County Cup. *Total: 144 teams.

Second round

Round of 64

The 36

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winners, the 12 teams in Tier 1, and the 16 teams in Tier 2 entered the Round of 64.

Round of 32

The 32 Round of 64 winners entered the Round of 32.

Round of 16

The 16

winners entered the Round of 16.

Quarter-finals

The eight

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winners entered the quarter-finals.

Semi-finals

The four quarter-final winners entered the semi-finals.

Final

The final was held between the two

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winners.

Bracket

Notes

References

External links

Official site

Magyar Kupa news on MLSZ

Official calendar
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Magyar Kupa 2025–26 at Soccerway
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